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In which century was anorexia was first identified as a disorder ?

Correct answer: C. 19th

  • A. 17th
  • B. 18th
  • C. 19th
  • D. 20th

Explanation

Anorexia nervosa was identified as a distinct medical disorder in the nineteenth century, notably in descriptions by William Gull and Ernest-Charles Lasègue during the 1870s. Earlier historical accounts of self-starvation did not yet define it as the modern clinical disorder.

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